Migrant Entrepreneurship Collective Violence and Xenophobia in South Africa

Sujata Ramachandran, Jonathan Crush

Description

This report focuses on the chronology and geography of collective violence against migrant entrepreneurs since South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. The overall aim of the research was to document and create a chronological account of attacks on migrant businesses, to categorise the types and frequency of attacks and to map the locations where such events occurred.

Sujets

• Sociology

Informations

• Publié par: Southern African Migration Programme
• Date de parution: 29 décembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781920596286
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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We wish to thank the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for funding the Growing Informal Cities Project, a partnership between SAMP, the African Centre for Cities (UCT), the International Migration Research Centre (Balsillie School of International Affairs), the Gauteng City Regional Observatory and Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique). Our thanks for their assistance with this report to Bronwen Dachs, Maria Salamone, Abel Chikanda and Caroline Skinner.

© Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP) 2014 ISBN 978-1-920596-09-5 First published 2014 Production by Bronwen Dachs Müller, Cape Town

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission from the publisher.

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